The Tchaikovsky Festival kicks off with the vibrant Polonaise from one of the composer’s most famous operas. Then, Olga Kern in the dramatic and intense Piano Concerto No. 1. The first festival concert ends with a musical excursion through the forces of fate, with blazing brass, bassoons, and sumptuous strings in Symphony No. 4.
Tchaikovsky Festival! Your NMPhil starts the season with the majestic and sublime sounds of Tchaikovsky. Enjoy three concerts of iconic music by the Romantic Russian master, including some of his most famous works and featuring pianists Olga Kern and Sylvia Thereza.
From the gracefulness of some of the most beloved movements from Tchaikovsky’s Ballets to the fate-infused Symphony No. 5 full of passion and intensity, enjoy an afternoon of sublime themes and orchestral sound with your New Mexico Philharmonic.
Join us for a spectacular evening of music and cuisine at the new Clyde Hotel. Enjoy a virtuosic performance by Olga Kern, followed by a dinner prepared by award-winning chef Christian Monchatre. Proceeds will go to the Kimo Foundation which provides support to cultural assets in New Mexico, including the KiMo Theater.
The virtuosic “Cossack Dance;” Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto; the full-of-passion Romeo & Juliet, Overture-Fantasy; and the exuberant and explosive 1812 Overture conclude the Tchaikovsky Festival, an array of some of the composer’s most loved music.
The Olga Kern International Piano Competition (OKIPC) provides New Mexico Philharmonic audiences the opportunity to see developing world-class pianists at the beginning of their professional careers. The finalists and winners of the Competition will go on to long and acclaimed careers performing before diverse audiences on every continent, and New Mexico Philharmonic audiences will always remember that their careers began here. The Competition takes place every three years in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is open to pianists 18 to 32 years old.
A master of the bandoneón, Argentinian-born Richard Scofano is the descendant of three generations of bandoneónists who grew up in the center of the folk traditions and culture of Northeast Argentina in a home constantly filled with musicians and singers. His performance of Piazzolla as well as his own La Tierra Sin Mal will leave you astonished! The program also includes Ginastera’s Four Dances from Estancia and the dynamic, unforgettable Las noches de los mayas by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.
Join us for an evening of dinner, wine and a performance by Bandoneónist Richard Scofano. Hosted by Dr. Ron Bronitsky at his arts-and-crafts inspired home in the North Valley. RSVP by October 31, 2022!
Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 3, dedicated to Richard Wagner, is the composer’s breakthrough masterpiece where the monumental symphonic architecture takes shape in the composer’s work. Brilliance, pastoral imagery, peace, and heroism are all captured by Bruckner in this symphony
The greatest music of the silver screen comes alive as the New Mexico Philharmonic goes to the movies! Larger than life—this is the soundtrack of movie favorites! Gladiator, Apollo 13, Mission Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, and more. Enjoy these favorites and many more Hollywood hits in an amazing night of musical movie magic!
What better way to kick off the most wonderful time of the year than with Handel’s beloved “Hallelujah” chorus from Messiah!
Celebrate the holiday season with the world’s most beloved sacred symphonic work: Handel’s Messiah. An intimate performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic—conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, with the extraordinary Coro Lux. Experience a transcendent tour de force—Handel’s masterwork the way it was meant to be!
Celebrate the holiday season with the world’s most beloved sacred symphonic work: Handel’s Messiah. An intimate performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic—conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, with the extraordinary Coro Lux. Experience a transcendent tour de force—Handel’s masterwork the way it was meant to be!
Celebrate the holiday season with the world’s most beloved sacred symphonic work: Handel’s Messiah. An intimate performance by the New Mexico Philharmonic—conducted by Bradley Ellingboe, with the extraordinary Coro Lux. Experience a transcendent tour de force—Handel’s masterwork the way it was meant to be!
Celebrate with timeless holiday classics—sure to delight all ages! Your NMPhil is joined by the Manzano Day School Choir and some very merry special guests! As always—our traditional sing-a-long will bring smiles and warm up the winter night. The sounds of the season will shine in this sure-to-sell-out concert, so be sure to reserve your seats early!
Less than a week away from Christmas, our second Winter Festival concert brings the joy of holidays with beloved music sure to put you in the mood. By the end of this wondrous winter afternoon, we think you’ll be ready for Christmas!
Love, seduction, death, and survival are all encompassed in Richard Strauss’s tone poem Don Juan. This musical tour de force leaves the narrative of the classic story to the listener and features amazing musicians from the New Mexico Philharmonic in some of the most beautiful orchestral solos ever written. Then, the romantic Ballade written by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a British composer known for his rich orchestral works and brilliant instrumental writing. The concert concludes with the shimmering music evocative of the legend of Scheherazade, the wife who fended off her certain death by telling amazing stories for a thousand and one nights.
Join us for an exceptional evening of music featuring violinist Carmelo de los Santos, newly appointed Concertmaster for the NMPhil, international soloist and Assistant Professor of Violin at UNM. Hosted by Jean and Bob Gough in their lovely contemporary, southwest home in Sandia Heights. RSVP by January 12, 2023!
The NMPhil’s virtuoso brass and wind players return, performing works by Enescu, Stephenson, Gabrieli, Haufrecht, and more for a magical concert experience! From light and airy to bold and brassy—this performance will help warm your Sunday afternoon!
Beethoven’s almost 200-year-old Symphony No. 9 in d minor remains an astonishing landmark in the history of music as perhaps the greatest, best loved, and most well-known classical work of all time. The concert starts with a work co-comissioned by the NMPhil, in conjunction with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, by contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid.
Join your NMPhil, and young cello virtuoso Daniel Kaler, in an afternoon of classics. The music of Haydn, Mozart and Saint-Georges is sure to brighten your afternoon.
The NMPhil features its stellar string section in a morning of music for strings. First is Edvard Grieg’s wonderfully crafted Holberg Suite filled with flavors of dance, romance, folk, and even country fiddling! Then it is the continuously building Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten by Arvo Pärt. The concert continues with the much-loved Pachelbel Canon and ends with Tchaikovsky’s homage to Mozart, the Serenade for Strings.
It's a night of Nouveau Flamenco! The New Mexico Philharmonic, welcomes New Mexico’s own “million-fingered” guitar virtuoso! Experience a flamenco-driven fusion of styles and genres in an amazing evening of music. With 38 Gold and Platinum Records, the music of Ottmar Liebert will wrap you in rhythm all night!
Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniță, winner of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, is soloist in Dvořák’s sublime and passionate Cello Concerto. Then, it’s Maurice Ravel’s joyful and impassioned Suites from Daphnis et Chloé, a visceral experience through the rich sound tapestry of what Ravel called a “choreographic symphony.”
The New Mexico Philharmonic is proud to present the Annual New Mexico Philharmonic Gala on Saturday, March 25, 2023. This event provides businesses and individuals with an opportunity to celebrate, have fun, and support Albuquerque’s most prominent performing arts organization and the education programs that the NMPhil facilitates. The theme of the gala this year will be Havana Nights!
The majestic sound of the Organ will fill the space with simplicity, and sheer musical beauty, featuring Poulenc’s Organ Concerto, and Bizet’s Symphony in C, written when the composer was only 17 years old.
Phil Collins’s one-of-a-kind drum work and songwriting have left an enduring mark on music. With the megaband Genesis and his numerous solo hits, Phil Collins—along with bandmates Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford—penned unforgettable hits that changed the landscape of rock and pop music. This symphonic tribute features two vocalists and the set list includes hits such as “Follow You Follow Me,” “Abacab,” “I Missed Again,” “Turn It on Again,” “Sussudio,” “One More Night,” “Take Me Home,” “Two Hearts,” and the iconic “In the Air Tonight.” Stuart Chafetz conducts.
Violin virtuoso Jennifer Frautschi is soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, one of the most loved violin concertos in the repertoire and nicknamed “Turkish.” Then, from gallantry to misfortune—austerity to intricacy—misery to serenity, experience the many ways that massive chunks of sound transform in Gustav Mahler’s exceptional Symphony No. 1. Hear and see your NMPhil play “The Titan” in all of its glory!
A Magical Family Event for People of All Ages, Featuring the Beauty & Energy of Orchestral Music: NMPhil Power Concerts is a series of affordable concerts approximately 1 hour in length that are geared toward introducing young audience members and their families to Classical music, the orchestra, and the instruments. The concerts will take place on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. We are excited to announce that the series which will highlight a composer(s) and an instrument or family of instruments. The April 23 concert will feature the woodwind family. With repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary and from the highest piccolo to the lowest tuba, join us for these illuminating, family-friendly concerts!
Winners of the Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Competition, two of our most talented young musicians, will perform. The NMPhil ends with Beethoven’s happy and exuberant Symphony No. 1.
A Magical Family Event for People of All Ages, Featuring the Beauty & Energy of Orchestral Music: NMPhil Power Concerts is a series of affordable concerts approximately 1 hour in length that are geared toward introducing young audience members and their families to Classical music, the orchestra, and the instruments. The concerts will take place on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. We are excited to announce that the series which will highlight a composer(s) and an instrument or family of instruments. The May 28 concert will focus on the composers Camille Saint-Saëns and Aaron Copland and will feature the violin, cello, brass, and percussion sections. With repertoire from the Baroque to the contemporary and from the highest piccolo to the lowest tuba, join us for these illuminating, family-friendly concerts!
Celebrate your Fourth of July weekend among the verdant ambiance of the Botanical Garden of the ABQ BioPark with the NMPhil! Enjoy a program of Americana featuring works by the march master, John Philip Sousa; the cinematic brilliance of John Williams; the cannonade of Pyotr Tchaikovsky; and much more. Bring a picnic or purchase dinner from the Shark Reef Café to enjoy in the grass. Get tickets today!
You can hear those famous first four notes in your head right now, can’t you? Dum dum dum dahhh. During World War II, those notes were converted to Morse code, signifying the letter “V” for Victory. Continue or start your own history with that famous opening and the incomparable music that follows with your NMPhil performing Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the work that made its composer a superstar in the Vienna music scene of the early eighteen hundreds. And when the concert is in a church, why not play the organ? Maxine Thévenot serves as your guide for Handel’s B-flat Organ Concerto, one of six organ concerti composed by the Baroque genius.
It’s a FREE family-friendly July 4th musical celebration under the stars! Live music returns to Rio Rancho’s Sky Room Performing Arts Space, as the City of Rio Rancho presents a spirited night of America’s favorite music with your NMPhil! From Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, music from Star Wars, Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and so much more, this evening of patriotic and classical favorites is sure to delight all who attend. Our Grammy® Award-winning Music Director Roberto Minczuk conducts!
New Mexico Philharmonic 2023 Annual Car Raffle! The winner of the NMPhil Raffle will drive away in an all-new Mercedes GLA 250 from Mercedes-Benz of Albuquerque. All proceeds benefit the New Mexico Philharmonic. Tickets are $100, and only 999 tickets will be sold. It is time to buy your ticket to win!
Join your New Mexico Philharmonic for a concert among the flowers at the Albuquerque Botanical Garden! Enjoy the start of the Labor Day weekend with Music Director Roberto Minczuk and an NMPhil performance featuring a wide selection appropriate for the surrounding space featuring music by Copland, John Williams, Elfman and much more, relax and enjoy a perfect night of marvelous music among the flowers! Bring a blanket and picnic dinner and help celebrate together!
Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high-definition while a live orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favorite characters return to the screen and enchant the world all over again.
Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high-definition while a live orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favorite characters return to the screen and enchant the world all over again.
Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high-definition while a live orchestra performs John Williams’ iconic score. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favorite characters return to the screen and enchant the world all over again.
Take a break from your usual weekday morning for a little music. The first NMPhil Coffee Concert of the season brings the sonorous virtuosity of Michael McLean’s 21st-century violin masterwork, Elements, with violinist Sarah Tasker, the NMPhil’s own assistant concertmaster. Contrasting though not competing, the program also features music by Baroque-era master Antonio Vivaldi as well as J.S. Bach’s Organ Concerto in d minor with organist Nancy Granert.
Happy birthday, Rachmaninoff! The New Mexico Philharmonic celebrates the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth with two of the Russian master’s most stellar compositions. First up, the Second Piano Concerto—a perennial audience favorite—with 2022 Olga Kern International Piano Competition winner Jonathan Mamora. Closing out the evening is the striking and dramatic Symphony No. 1, whose disastrous premiere almost caused Rachmaninoff to swear off composing all together! Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the orchestra in the 2023/24 Popejoy Hall Classics opening concert.
After the success of last year's Power Concerts, we are back for a new season of illuminating, affordable, family-friendly concerts! The NMPhil Power Concert series is geared toward introducing young audience members and their families to classical music, the orchestra, and the instruments that make it all possible. We kick off with “The Piano, Percussion, & Rachmaninoff,” an amazing concert featuring first-prize winner of the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, Jonathan Mamora, and the piano music of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The rest of the percussion section will also be featured in music by Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, John Williams, and more. Bring the whole family and listen, learn, and enjoy!
“Melody is the essence of music,” Mozart said. “I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses.” Perhaps no instrument conveys melody quite like the human voice. Join us for this program of music featuring the Coro Lux Oratorio Society choir and soloists, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s mythical tribute to the rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri.
We bring in several stars from the NMPhil’s string, woodwind, and brass families to act as soloists in this one-of-a-kind concert featuring some of Mozart’s most beautiful concerto moments. Mozart effortlessly wrote these works with equal parts virtuosity and equal parts melody, ensuring the audience is constantly mesmerized by both. The concerti performances serve as the appetizer before the main course of Symphony No. 40, aka the “Great g minor Symphony,” in its entirety. We dare you to leave this concert without a smile on your face and a song in your heart!
Mozart’s prolific operatic output, 22 to be exact, is filled with soaring melodies, unforgettable characters, and far-fetched plotlines. Several audience favorites will be performed from three of his most popular operas: The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni. Before that, enjoy Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, arguably Mozart’s most recognized work and a favorite of the symphonic repertoire.
While Mozart could not have known the “Jupiter” Symphony would be his final statement in the symphonic form, audiences have marveled at its quirks and complexities for more than two centuries. He composed his 39th, 40th, and 41st symphonies in a frenetic nine-week period in 1788. Also on this program, go back to the beginning with Mozart’s First Symphony, composed at the age of 8, as well as two beloved piano concerti.
It is one of the most hummable works of the classical canon Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony. An old favorite of orchestra audiences, the symphony conveys Mendelssohn’s impressions of Italy and the Mediterranean region during an 1830–31 visit. Enjoy the famous opening scherzo for yourself! Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the orchestra in a program also including Daniel Steven Crafts’s Eighteenth Symphony, a new work.
Returning to the NMPhil stage is 2019 Olga Kern International Piano Competition winner Tetiana Shafran, performing Mozart’s tuneful Concerto No. 23. Drama abounds in French composer Édouard Lalo’s Overture from his opera Le roi d’Ys. The evening ends with the storied and programmatic Symphonie fantastique of Hector Berlioz—a tale of unrequited love and one of the most important works in the orchestral rep. Fabio Mechetti conducts.
The NMPhil would like to invite you to a very special evening featuring young Ukrainian pianist Tetiana Shafran, prize winner of over 20 international piano competitions, including First Prize at the 2019 Olga Kern International Piano Competition, will be featured. Diane Mueller will host at her Sandia Heights home which is filled with artwork created by the host. Musical Fiesta includes dinner, wine and recital. RSVP required by November 15, 2023.
The New Mexico Ballet Company will be joined by the New Mexico Philharmonic and current stars of San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet to present this holiday classic: The Nutcracker! The tradition starts Thanksgiving weekend at Popejoy Hall. Performances: November 25, 2023 at 7 p.m., November 26, 2023 at 2 p.m., December 2, 2023 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. and December 3, 2023 at 2 p.m.
The New Mexico Ballet Company will be joined by the New Mexico Philharmonic and current stars of San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet to present this holiday classic: The Nutcracker! The tradition starts Thanksgiving weekend at Popejoy Hall. Performances: November 25, 2023 at 7 p.m., November 26, 2023 at 2 p.m., December 2, 2023 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. and December 3, 2023 at 2 p.m.
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